Cubic Frame (Rev. 6)

For The Third Dimension enemy, see Cubic Frame (Enemy).

The angular remains of a cube. It can be temporarily resurrected through the dark arts.

Tier	ST
MP Cost	130
On Equip	+5 DEF
Effect(s)	Cubic Resurrection: Summon a decaying cube to aid you in combat. Decaying Cube: Inflicts 200 damage every 0.2 seconds within 4 tiles, reduced by 25 damage every second. Lifetime: 4 seconds
Heal	0
XP Bonus	6%
Soulbound
Feed Power	850

Loot Bag
Drops From	Shadow Cube Blaster
Obtained Through	Mystery Necromancer ST Crate

Notes
Part of the Cuboid Necromancer Set.

This odd “skull” is unique in the sense that it neither heals nor does direct damage. Instead, it summons a Decaying Cube minion that follows the player and zaps enemies for very high damage, although its damage will gradually decrease as it nears the end of its lifetime. It also provides no HP bonus unlike most other skulls, but does give a good DEF boost to compensate.

Despite the decaying damage, the summoned Cubes deal massive damage and have a low chance of missing hits because of how frequently the bursts come out - a single Cube can deal up to 3,250 damage over its lifetime. Like the Demon Lord’s Skull, it has no cooldown nor limit on how many minions it can summon, allowing Necromancers with high max MP and MP recovery to amass an army of Decaying Cubes to deal very high DPS.

Compared to said skull’s minions, the Cubic Frame deals slightly less damage, has a higher MP cost, and has shorter-lived minions, but the Decaying Cubes’ more frequent damage bursts and lack of reliance on chance to be spawned make them more consistent.

Though this skull has its drawbacks, such as its aforementioned inability to deal direct damage nor heal the player (which makes it ill-advised for situations where survivability is important), as well as a high MP cost and no HP bonus on equip, it has the highest DPS potential of any skull with its summons and the risk of wearing it can be mitigated with HP-boosting gear such as the rest of the ST set or simply with good dodging skills.

The Decaying Cube has the following sprite:
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Cuboid Necromancer Set